The Gong Family Albums

Found it ... I kept looking for one album that was not listed Paul.

GODDESS. T. ELECTRIC SHIATSU (1999)

This CD states that it is a "Limited Pre-Release Edition US Tour 1999"

On top of the CD is says "Gong Global Family"

It features, Gilly, Steffy, Orlando, Tone, Nick Spacetree ... with guests Daevid, Mark Hewins, Cleis Pierce, Sonis Chermarin, Peter DAvidian, Peter Haddock ... and lots of whales and dolphins on the CD.

It is a really pretty album all around.

https://www.discogs.com/master/193771-Goddess-T-Electric-Shiatsu

Hi,

Daevid, was not "silly" in general ... he might be a child, or a kid, having some fun, but silly ... is not exactly what he was about in my book.

The one thing that is important, is that a lot of his lyrics are not quite silly, as much as they are a sort of satirical comment, done within a "beat poetry" style, which is something that throws us off ... and makes us wonder ... what's going on ... so on an album that was done totally stoned, you have some cops at the door ... and I think it was likely to be a joke about how scared we get instead of taking our trip seriously, and learn from it, which is the only important part of it all ... but you can't be serious about drugs and get dumped from the radio (ask Lou Reed about that!!!) .... so a different take from a comedic style makes more sense, although I think that Daevid would tell you that he never had to worry about "cops at the door" ... and he probably would say that he kept that ingesting to his private moments, not all the time when situations would not be the best for doing it, which is the reckless side of a lot of doping around ... and then getting your head hammered by the LA police during The Wall concerts ... how's that for incredible lunacy and serious waste of public money ... 

I deliberately left out Mother Gong's Robot Woman 3 from my list because it wasn't available to listen to on YouTube. 

Anyway, looks very good, while I have to admit that the early Gong, even having for me very enjoyable moments, 

also is a bit too silly. 

I guess you've been digging quite a lot to refresh this old thread, Paul, while yesterday I listened to Shamal, 

my definitely favourite Gong album which I enjoy very much, beginning with the artwork. 

I've never heard of the Gongzilla album. It's hard for me to pick a favourite by Daevid Allen's Gong, as the only 5-star golden Gong album for me is "Downwind" by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. 

There's also Gongzilla by the way.

Shamal and Gazeuse are best for me, but I love much of both the Daevid Allen and Pierre Moerlen version of the band. Downwind is an excellent album indeed; for me Pierre pretty much turns everything to gold on which he plays. I prefer live versions of most material on the trilogy and You.

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Camembert electrique, Flying Teapot, Angels egg and You all share first place. After that, Planet Gong with Here & Now floating Anarchy, Mother Gong Robot Women trilogy, Shamal and 2032 was a fantastic comeback with a great live show. But pretty much anything touched by Daevid Allen, Gilly Smyth and the wider Gong family is Magick!

Gong, I'll take everything from Continental Circus until Expresso2 , but clearly the RGI tetralogy is the highpoint. I'm not that big on the side-project and satellites.

The best post-70's is 0 to Infinity and I don't appreciate 2032

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Also the virtually unknown but mind-blowing lp by Dashiell Hedayat 'Obsolete' from 1969 which is basically Gong backing this French musician/ author/ poet and considered a 'lost' Gong lp..

Obsolete is from 71, but Dashiel's first album (released under Melmoth) called Devanture Des Ivresses was released in 69 and it is just as good, if only a very different beast.

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